A Flock Of Doves

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I recently got into a brief discussion -- until I became bored by the sheer stupidity of the participants -- at a liberal blog regarding Iran. The topic was essentially that Bush is lying about Iran's nuclear ambition and that even if hes not, well then its his fault anyways. I tried to rationally point out that if you were to take President George W Bush out of the equation and just look at the words and actions of Iranian President Mahmud Ahmadinejad there can be no question that Iran is seeking nukes, have been for decades, and odds are that their intentions are not peaceful.

Figuring that any reasonable person could see this and the fact that the world consensus (global warming consensus good, Iran nuke consensus bad?...silly liberals) is in agreement that Iran is for a fact in violation of the unanimously passed UN Resolution 1737. I was absolutely flabbergasted by the response.

I wasn't as offended being called a "brainless blogger Nietzsche loving German speaking Jackass and ignorant inflammatory troll" as I was to hear an actual if questionable American citizen take it upon themselves to be defenders of Iran.

You know, the same Iran that has kidnapped and killed Americans and that helped create and now openly supports Hezbollah. You know, the same Hezbollah that has killed thousands of Americans and our allies. Real good guys.

Like I said, flabbergasted how an American could come to such a treacherous position....then I got to remembering an old Charlie Rose interview where his guest had the following to say.

“Iran is the only country in the world that has now had six elections since the first election of President Khatami (in 1997). (It is) the only one with elections, including the United States, including Israel, including you name it, where the liberals, or the progressives, have won two-thirds to 70 percent of the vote in six elections: Two for president; two for the Parliament, the Majlis; two for the mayoralties. In every single election, the guys I identify with got two-thirds to 70 percent of the vote. There is no other country in the world I can say that about, certainly not my own.” -- Bill Clinton

...but there's more. Clinton then went on to admit that he performed a Monica on Iran;

“I formally apologized on behalf of the United States for American crimes against Iran.” -- Bill Clinton

Unbelievable. Some balls this frickin' guy has.... "American crimes against Iran"? Maybe he was busy backpacking around Moscow when they were parading our people blindfolded tortured and humiliated through the streets of Tehran.

Then I got to remembering some more about a little known covert op known as Operation Merlin in which Clinton jackassininely authorized the CIA to give Iran advanced nuclear schematics but with technical errors to fool them. Only problem was that the Russian scientist/agent the Company used to pass on the secrets corrected them. Oops!

So by my scorecard under Clinton we funded North Korea's nuclear program, backed Islamofascists in Bosnia, modernized China's military, and gave nuke blueprints to the Islamic Republic of Iran henceforth to be known as the Clinton summer home.

So you can make the argument that Bush is making mistakes in the War on Terror, but at least he isnt handing the enemy a barstool to crack us over the head with.

However, this isn't about bashing Clinton as every President before him going back fifty years has blood on the Persian rugs in their office, but Ill leave the Iran-Contra posts to the libs.

This is about understanding that we are at war with Islamic extremists, they started it -- whether they be Arab Persian or Asian, Sunni or Shia (they may hate each other, but they all hate us) -- and that the rules of war have changed as we know for certain that they sure the hell aint following the Geneva Convention.

Yes Iran were one-time allies, as was Iraq. Whats the point? Lets not forget that we fought two wars against England one against Japan and they are now two of our closest allies, and we reserve the right to fuck the Brits up again if they step out of line. That's how the world works. As noted limey Henry Temple once stated...

"We have no eternal allies and we have no perpetual enemies. Our interests are perpetual and eternal and those interests it is our duty to follow"

Well Id have to say that our interests at this point are pretty frickin' vested in not being attacked by terrorists and especially not allowing them access to nuclear weaponry -- and if that means catching a ride with a devil of yesterday to dance with the devil today, then so be it. Sometimes the enemy of my enemy is my friend. I don't like it, but that's the way it is. If I had my druthers India would border Iraq Iran and Afghanistan and ugly women in this country would wear burqas.

That being said I do not support a pre-emptive strike against Iran at this time. Under the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, signatory Iran has the right to seek a peaceful nuclear energy source if they adhere to strict International Atomic Energy Agency inspections, which to date they have not, and they must be held accountable on that....Hold on. Allow me to go off on a quick rant.

...Why the hell are liberals so adamant about the need for an oil rich Iran to use nuclear energy yet they picket with placards against its use in their very own country all the while crying foul for the need for alt fuels. Makes no sense to me, and in my opinion typifies the hypocritical "not in my backyard" limousine liberalism that discredits most Hallmark ideologues on the left.

As I was saying... I feel an attack on Iran at this juncture would be unwise, not gonna do it, wouldn't be prudent -- but that's not to say I don't fear that it will become necessary to lay rubble to the whole god forsaken region down the road if need be to protect American interests.

My reasons are numerous but I have no intention to discuss them at this time, as I have already rambled on far too long and they are too intricately articulate and well thought out to fall into the hands of any lurking liberals that may come across my blog. But I'm not really worried as they wouldn't fit onto a poster board anyways, but better to be safe than sorry.

Better to be safe than sorry? Hmmm. That sounds like a pretty good albeit over-simplifed argument for attacking Iran -- maybe I will reevaluate my position.

EE-Aw!